Traditional Chinese
Medicine(TCM), one of China's
splendid cultural heritages, is the science dealing with human physiology,
pathology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases. TCM summed up the
experience of the Chinese people in their long struggle against diseases and,
under the influence of ancient naive materialism and dialectics, evolved into a
unique, integral system of medical theory through long clinical practice.
During several thousand years, it has made great contributions to the promotion
of health, the proliferation and prosperity of the Chinese nation, and the
enrichment and development of world medicine as well. The formation of the
theoretical system of TCM was greatly influenced by ancient Chinese materialism
and dialectics. The theoretical system takes the physiology and pathology of
Zang-Fu organs and meridians as its basis, and TDS as its diagnostic and
therapeutic features.
TCM,
has its own specific understanding both in the physiological functions and
pathological changes of the human body and in the diagnosis and treatment of
disease. TCM regards the human body itself as an organic whole interconnected
by Zang-Fu organs, meridians and collaterals. And TCM also holds that the human
body is closely related to the outside world. Regarding the onset and
development of a disease, TCM attaches great importance to the endogenous
pathogenic factors, namely the seven emotion, but it by no means excludes the
exogenous pathogenic factors, namely the six pathogens. In diagnosis, TCM takes
the four diagnostic methods (inspection, auscultation ant olfaction, inquiry,
pulse-taking and palpation as its principal techniques, eight principal
syndromes as its general guideline, and differentiation of syndrome according
to the Zang-Fu theory, differentiation of syndromes according to the
six-meridian theory, and differentiation of syndromes according to the theory
of Wei, Qi, Ying and Xue as its basic theories of the differentiation of
syndromes. It also stresses the prevention and preventive treatment of disease,
and puts forward such therapeutic principles as "treatment aiding at the
root cause of disease". "strengthening vital qi and dispelling
pathogens, regulating yin and yang and treating diseases in accordance with
three conditions" (i. e. the climatic and seasonal condition, geographic
localities and the patient's constitution).
Our
department inherit and develop traditional theory, apply Chinese therapies,
such as acupuncture, massage, moxibustion, acupotomy, blood-letting, cupping,
point application, herbs, embedded wire, drug penetration, thumb-tack needle, cutaneous needle, fire needle,
Sanfu-moxibustion on the clinical practices. Especially, on the treatment and
prevention of Skeletal and muscular disorders,Soft tissue diseases, internal
medicine diseases,gynecological disease, ENT diseases, dermatology disease. For
example, cervical spondylosis, protrusion of lumbar intervertebral disc,
dizziness, apoplexy,rhinitis,pharyngitis, tinnitus
and deafness,menstrual disorder, arthritis, constipation, gastritis, joint sprain, muscle strain, eczema,urticaria, acne,insomnia.